What I can tell you about the concept is to a certain extent it is connected to the Czech Republic, so it will play an essential role I the story telling as well. It's going to be a fictional story connected to history too. Does this mean that the collaboration with Markus Heitz is off? Have I miss...

Agree with Ryu, the back vocals could be amplified. The teleporting band members are still as distracting as in the previous video. But here we also see that they can turn night into day :) Imho it would have been better to choose one venue for each song, with possible mixes whenever was necessary a...

Thanks for sharing these. Time certainly flies. Even if an artist is resilient enough to avoid succumbing to the lure of material compensations for his personal use, they will do so sooner or later when they build families and realise that they have to support them. Then the question becomes not wha...

Thank you! I really wish band sites and forums were the main activity places. What is the point of all this social media nonsense where you get to watch a bunch of similar-looking photos of the band on the background of the next crowd or videos of "we are coming to..."? This is applicable to other b...

I wish there was a way to get the confirmation from the band or its management. All this social media an you can't ask a question like this
At least when Marcus was doing guitar lessons it was possible to ask him stuff on their forums...

Also the promoter on the Facebook event of the Manchester gig wrote it's gonna be a special 3 hours set! Please can you share the link? All I have managed to find is that it is "Blind Guardian + Guests" which would probably mean that they will perform the standard show + 1 or 2 performances by othe...

Yes, it looks like NiME shirt - https://s3.amazonaws.com/mno.products/15826/7af2bd0da8.jpg So André is still playing a priest, it is nice to know since his reply on Reddit got me confused: "If i would dress up for a convention, i would choose a dwarfen outfit, cause i like the plain warrior, who is ...

It looks like all questions with at least a little bit of originality were ignored (and in some cases downvoted by "fellow" fans), but they spent time on answering to things like "What is the experience like hearing 60,000 people sing in unison a song that you wrote?" and "What is it like having the...

Am I wrong or there's a similarity between the chorus of prophecies and the chorus of turn the page? In prophecies the part I'm talking about the lyrics are "once upon a dream ago (?) " and in turn the page "turn the wheel again"..am I the only one hearing it? Definitely! Just needed to pay attenti...

Since Star Wars: The Old Republic is coming out this winter I'd like to ask André and Marcus if they are going to play it and if they are still playing WoW. And if Hansi will give it a shot since it's more story-driven compared to other mmo's and we all know he is a SW fan.

and I can't remember any curse with Hansi in it. It's probably not "hansi", but something that sounds similar (to foreigner at least). It could be something that people say when something is broken (like a door lock for example). P.S. If Hansi is reading this: I am really sorry. In no way was I goi...

What does "hansi" or something that sounds similar mean? I've heard it been used in the context of a curse, but I'm not sure. I saw it been mentioned here before but didn't pay much attention back then. And now I can't find it nor does google help.

Yeah KotOR is a great game. It's like Bioware took best parts of every SW movie and mixed them in an awesome cocktail. Btw KotOR 2 seems to appeal more to the dark side though it might be because of one character that is constantly sowing doubts while first part seems more to the light.

I will keep it a secret which songs we are working on… though it won ‘t be many, I have to confess. Yes, I know how to spoil a story. It ‘s one of my best qualities – apart from looking cool while sitting on a chair . ;-) Anybody wan't to clarify that one? :D I'm not sure, but this could be an answ...

I'd like to thank Hansi for introducing me to Crippled Black Phoenix through his 5 favorite albums of 2010. Just what I've been looking for. I'd also like to use this chance to thank Marcus for introducing me to several good bands through the time of his blog's existence.

I've uploaded interview in 3 parts:Part 1 (no sound in the beginning and in the end)Part 2 (no sound in the beginning)Part 3 (no sound in the end - just a little proof of the fact that no pen was stolen )